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Community education programs
The Eugene Water & Electric Board believes in the importance of educating today’s young people about energy and water resources. The utility works with local schools to bring presentations and workshops about water and energy issues to the classroom.

In addition, EWEB provides more than $450,000 in grant funds to local schools each year. The grants are used to fund programs focusing on water and energy resources. For example, the Eugene 4J School District received a grant to develop a curriculum focused on the Willamette and McKenzie watersheds. The project, “A Tale of Two Rivers,” involves secondary students, affording them outdoor science lessons that would otherwise likely go unfunded.

EWEB also provides up to $50,000 annually in energy and water education grants to local non-profit organizations through the “Partners In Education” program. These grants reach a wide audience from pre-school students to adults with creative learning programs about energy and water resources.

Explore all the EWEB education activities and programs from this menu:

EWEB Education Grants Program
Classroom presentations and tours
Education activities
Instructional materials
Electric Safety World
Education links